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SCO.LR | 2025 | Volume 10 | Issue 3
In this Issue of SCO.LR, we bring you five important judgements from 13 October to 17 October 2025
20th Oct 2025

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A tale of a transfer
For the first time, the Collegium has publicly acknowledged that it revisited—and changed—its decision at the Government’s request
19th Oct 2025

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In defence of a minuscule minority: Supreme Court on disabled cadets
While the Court has chosen patience over pressure for now, it has nudged the Union Government to accept the amicus’s comprehensive proposals
17th Oct 2025

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A law that transcends time: SC’s retrospective application of the Juvenile Justice Act
The Court’s move to protect minors accused before juvenile laws took effect upholds the principle of rehabilitation in criminal law
15th Oct 2025

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Delhi Pollution Crisis | SC allows limited sale and use of green firecrackers in NCR from 18-21 Oct
The Court directed the authorities to monitor the AQI, water sampling and police patrolling to prevent any violations
15th Oct 2025

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Reservations in Principal District Judge post | Constitution Bench to begin arguments on 28 October
The Court will examine inter-seniority and promotion bottlenecks in the Higher Judicial Service, limiting Civil Judges’ advancement
14th Oct 2025

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Supreme Court orders CBI probe into Karur stampede, constitutes retired judge-led Oversight Panel
The Court held that the incident which has shaken the national conscience, deserves fair and impartial investigation
14th Oct 2025
From the editor's desk

The differential levels of scrutiny the Court applies to studies on caste vis-a-vis economic backwardness may have deep and abiding implications for how affirmative action policies are crafted in the future, and is especially prescient in a situation where challenges to EWS reservations remain pending.
The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
Studies examining caste-based backwardness have a higher bar to pass than those studying backwardness within the ‘general category'.
SCO Team
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Can the Supreme Court Provide Reservations for Orphans?
With the petition seeking orphans to be identified as a backward class, are we moving away from a caste centric definition of backwardness.
8th Jun 2021

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Part I—The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
There is a marked difference in the methodology employed by the Mandal and Major Sinho Commissions in studying backwardness.
11th Jan 2022

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SC Offers Hope for OBC Reservations in Maharashtra Municipal Elections
The Maharashtra government was directed to submit data justifying its OBC reservation policy to the State Commission for Backward Castes.
20th Jan 2022

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Medical Students Relieved as SC Issues Order in PG NEET Case
DESK BRIEF: The SC issued an Order allowing the Union to immediately commence counselling for admissions to postgraduate medical programmes.
8th Jan 2022
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Do you have a right to the “truth serum” or narco analysis test in a criminal case?
8th Jan 2022